. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. STINGS. •M:i STINGS. along,- usually, witlumt any smoke, if you choose. It is much easier to handle a shal- low frame, without killing bees, than it is a tall one. We should tiy to liear in mind that a sin- gle liee hears mucli the same relation to the colony as does one of onr lingers or toes to US. If somehody carelessly or jinrposely l)inches a toe or linger, .self-preservation de- niaiuls that we make him stop ; and if yini crush a bee, the whole hive remonstrates and threatens; in fact, they
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. STINGS. •M:i STINGS. along,- usually, witlumt any smoke, if you choose. It is much easier to handle a shal- low frame, without killing bees, than it is a tall one. We should tiy to liear in mind that a sin- gle liee hears mucli the same relation to the colony as does one of onr lingers or toes to US. If somehody carelessly or jinrposely l)inches a toe or linger, .self-preservation de- niaiuls that we make him stop ; and if yini crush a bee, the whole hive remonstrates and threatens; in fact, they do this if you only give them to think they may be in iUtntjcr of injmy. Your business is to as- sure them by your careful and gentle move- ments that they need fear no injury from yoti, anil tlien you will lind them very pa- tient, and as tractable as any of our domestic animals. When I .see a person opening a hive. I usu- ally watch him carefully, to .see if lie takes care to kill no bees. After the first frame is taken out, it must be placed somewhere. I believe the usual way is to stand it on end, leaning against the side of the hive. Now, the corner of the frame that rests on the ground is very apt to be covered with bees, and many, many times, after it has been put back in the hive, have I seen the maimed and mashed bodies of the little fellows, writh- ing in their death agonies. Do you blame l»ees for stinging when they are treated thusV Why will people be so careless and heedless of the comfort and life of the rest of the ani- mated creation?'* Within the last year, several devices, en- gravings of which we give below, have been suggested for the purpose of holding the first frame or frames, that the rest may be manipulated with greater ease. One of the simplest of these, made of fold- ed tin, and originated by myself, I have christened To .1. M. ^?alentine?s comb-holder, whicli he has called a (|ueen-staud. bccausi' used by him \)rincipally in (|ueeu - reari
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